Cartridge-belt or bandoleer.



PATENTED NOV. 29, 1904.

A. MILLS'.

CARTRIDGE BELT 0R BANDOLEER.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 28, 1904.

N0 MODEL.

l UNITED STATES] Patented November 29, 1904.

PATENT OEEICE.

`CARTRIDGE-BELT OR BAN DOLEER.

SPECIFICATION `formingpart of Letters Patent N0. 776,193, dated November29, 1904.

l Application filed March Z8, 1904. Serial No. 200,459. (No model.) I

To all whom, t may concern.:

Beit known that I, ANSON MILLS, brigadiergeneral United States Army,retired, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Washingtoncity, in the District of Columbia, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Cartridge-Belts or Bandoleers, of which the following isa specification.

In my Patent No. 722,124, of March 3, 1903, I have described and claimedan ammunitioncarrier consisting of woven fabric having two groups ofvpockets integral therewith lof cated on opposite faces and opening atopposite edges of the fabric.

My present improvement embodies the same general idea as that set forthin my said Letters Patent, but modified so as to adapt itto the i'embodying the invention.

Figure lis a plan View of a bandoleer made in accordance with myinvention, the sides of the pockets on the right-hand side being drawntogether by a cord, while the pockets on the opposite side are open andthe cord omitted from the eyelets. Fig. 2 is a perspective View of twoof the pockets forming part of the bandoleer embodying my invention.Fig. 3 is a transverse vertical section throughtwo of the pockets, oneon each face of the center ply or body fabric of the belt.

A is the bandoleer, made preferably of a three-ply woven fabric, thecenter ply B of which constitutes,i n effect, a pliable band uponopposite faces of which the cartridge-receiving pockets a b are located,the pockets a; on one face of the band opening at one edge of the bandand the pockets Z) on the opposite face of the band opening at theopposite edge of the band, as shown. Each pocket is of a size to receiveand hold a clip or group C of cartridges (live in number in thisinstance) and has at its bottom individual thimbles a' or b', whichextend high enough to receive only the bottle-neck of the cartridge.These thimbles can be readily woven by proper manipulation of thebinder-warps which enter into the composition of the multiply fabric, aswill be understood by reference to my pat! ent above named.

The pockets are preferably of sufiicient depth to extend beyond theheads of the clips or groups which they contain, so that the sides of apocket, at the mouth end thereof, can be drawn together and over theclip, thus covering and. holding the same'. A convenient means for thusdrawing together the sides of the pocket over the clip is a cord orstring c, which is passed through eyelet-holes 0l in the sides of thepocket at the mouth end and then drawn and tied in a bow-knot, so as topull the fabric over the head of the clip and keep it in this position,thus holding the clip securely in place. tucked under one of the iiaps,so as to be out the way, and all that is necessary is to pull on one ofthe ends of the cord, the effect of which will be first to untie thebow-knot and then to withdraw the cord from the eyelets, thus permittingthe clip to be removed from its pocket. I'make the clips proper withrounded corners or edges, so that the fabric which is drawn over thesame will not be frayed or cut.

It will be understood that any suitable provision for closingthe mouthsof the pockets or retaining the clips or groups therein may be employedin lieu of the cord and eyelets.

What I claim herein as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A multiply-fabric cartridge-belt or bandoleer having, integral withthe body of the belt,pockets of a size to accommodate a clip or group ofcartridges, and thimbles within each pocket, at or near the closed endthereof, to receive the bullet ends of the individual cartridges of thegroup or clip contained in the pocket, substantially as and for thepurposes hereinbefore set forth. v

2. In a multiply-fabric cartridge-belt or The ends of the cord can beIOO bandoleer, a pocket on one face, and opening being integral with thebody fabric, substanat one edge of the body fabric, another pockettially as and for the purposes hereinbefore on the other face, andopening at the opposite set forth.

edge, -of the fabric, these pockets being of a In testimony whereof Iafxmy signature in 5 Siz, to accrnmodalte clipshor groups of carpresence oftWo Witnesses.

tri ges, an thirnb es at t e bottom of each i pocket extending highenough to receive only ANSON MILLb' the bottle-necks, or bullet ends, ofthe indi- Witnesses:

vidual cartridges of the group or clip con- ANsoN S. TAYLOR, l0 tainedin the pocket, the pockets and thirnbles B. OGLE HARPER.

